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One dead, six missing, 15 rescued after luxury British yacht sinks off Sicily

One man has died and six other people are missing after a yacht sank off the coast of Sicily during bad weather, the BBC reports.

There were 22 people on board in total – 15 people were rescued including a one-year-old child.

The captain of a nearby ship said he found the 15 survivors in a life raft and alerted the coastguard.

The 56m yacht, the Bayesian, was flying a British flag, and was around 700 metres from the harbour when it sank.

Earlier, authorities said four people from the UK were missing, two from the US, and one from Canada – the nationality of the dead person is not known.

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